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From: david@wubios.wustl.edu (David J. Camp)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Are Dump Files Transportable?
Keywords: dump file transport
Message-ID: <483@wubios.wustl.edu>
Date: 2 Jun 89 17:52:31 GMT
Organization: Washington University (St. Louis)
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Hello.  I am using a Sun 3/260 running SunOS 4.01.  I want to know
something about the dump command.  If I were to copy the dump file off
of a tape (with dd for instance), could I then restore from that file
using restore?  Is there any problem with transferring that file to a
foreign system for long term storage on incompatible tapes?  Is there
any special trick to restoring multiple tape dumps, e.g. is 'cat' good
enough to recombine them into a restoreable file?

Thank you for your interest, and please reply directly to me.  -David-
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